Can PhiDX even compete anymore?

[@Shinzamaa]

Even if Phi doesn’t compete I’m always here for the videos

[@KinnNailchagette]

Hellyeee

[@elmersantos1526]

That's me with Lilmajin

[@jacobtridef48]

@@elmersantos1526same. LilMajin the GOAT

[@gabetapia5936]

Facts

[@dako91196]

I imagine that question gets old fast. Poor Lil Majin gets asked it probably 100x per stream if not more

[@_Sami___]

but can you really blame people who ask that? As a competitor and streamer its unavoidable

[@RealBlackLAD]

To be fair in Majin's case he has said a few times he would come back so its fair that people are gonna ask "when" hes coming back

[@moistwindow6094]

I mean at the end of the day, you're still head and shoulders above a majority of the community can hope to be, you're an excellent teacher and have done things a lot of us will only ever dream of. You definitely have the ability to compete in the big boy pools. Either way, just make sure you're doing what you wanna do, you're gonna have our support no matter what

[@Nikolay.Malketov]

I started coming from the guides a year ago when I started fighting games, now I tune in for the fun, just do what you enjoy.

[@YaGirlGumption]

Same honestly! I still value his insight and his newer style of "showing AND telling" with the gameplay and spreadsheet on the side. But honestly I stay for the personality over anything else

[@V0idLight]

Thank you Phi for all the incredibly informative videos and guides that you put out since the start of Tekken 8, and the competitive sacrifices you had to take in order to make them. I'm not new to fighting games but Tekken was really hard for me to grasp. In Tekken 7 I couldn't even get to green ranks all while looking up guides, frame data, and practicing punishes. But thanks to you I have a much better understanding of how Tekken works and managed to get to Vindicator in only about 3 ranked sessions, as well as a 10 win streak in one of them (which is unheard of for me). I'm sure that I'm not the only one to experience this. Keep doing what you're doing, thank you for all your hard work, and best of luck in your competitive efforts.

[@Noah-re2pt]

seriously this is so real^^ appreciate the hell out of you phi, I probably wouldnt have kept playing this game without your mindset and information from your videos

[@MrGamat]

Man said he played Dragunov off stream. That's a different level upset 😂😂😂

[@user-ou8kg2ur6h]

I've been really considering entering the competitive tekken scene (not professionally but for fun), and watching your videos like these, especially the yap sessions, really help ground me in the anxiety of prepping but also give me a helpful guideline to follow to make sure i check off a mahority of the boxes. Appreciate the effort you put into your content Phi, keep it up

[@The_Buff_Guy]

Can’t wait to see you in tournament again, bro. Gotta respect the Steve play 🤘🖤Huge fan and much love.

[@alexonstott4954]

Hey man, your content is good too!

[@J0eExMachina89]

Great video Phi, really appreciate you. I needed to hear you break all this down for myself as I'm struggling in the aspects you mentioned, it was really getting me down and Tekken started to feel like a chore and created anxiety in me. Tekken 8 is the very first Tekken I've dedicated myself to learning and trying to get to a level of play I'm happy with myself with. But I think I'm putting too much pressure and expectation on myself because I'm doing informational learning and mechanical learning but not enough practical learning, I know things but I'm not actually playing the game enough (online I mean) and actually conditioning myself to a point where all that informational & mechanical will eventually bloom if I just keep playing, I don't want to fail. But this video was great because I realized I HAVE to fail, I HAVE to take those Ls even tho I might know do things or how my character works or the opponents etc, I'm gonna just play the game (online) and learn from the Ls, eventually it will all come together. Again great video and thanks for sharing how your competitive experience has been and plans for the future. What you do is very cool and incredibly helpful. 👍🏾

[@c2keyboardsamurai604]

This video helped me put into words my need to get out of the lab and online for Mechanical Learning! Brain Know + Body Late = Unnecessary Rage

[@playersbro]

Regardless of whether or not you're competing, I appreciate the knowledge you're sharing immensely. Tekken 8 is the first time in years I've played one from the series, and it's way too much fun just being on the journey of learning and improvement. I've turned to your guides and info ever since you showed up in my front page, and you make things much clearer to understand when I'm not quite getting something. Appreciate you, man.

[@CertifiedMVP]

Last time Phi competed in T8... Throws were homing

[@iyancaceres6715]

00:37 I care about everything you’re willing to teach my bro 👏🏼👏🏼💯

[@JOMADA_]

The FC d/f+2 route with u/b+2 > DCK 1 > d/f+1, [2~1] > FLK 2 route is less damage than u/b+2 > DCK 1 > d/f+1, [2~1] > f+2, 2 > LHN 2 unless it's a case that leaves the opponent slightly off axis to the left. In cases where they're slightly to the left like Reinas hellsweep or Fengs Snake Edge you can go for FC d/f+2 > b+2 > d/f+1, [2,~1] > DCK cancel > WS 1 > f+2, 2. For people that can't read nerd: - FC = full crouch - d = down, f = forward, u = up, b = back - DCK = duck - 2~1 = slide input - FLK = flicker - LHN = Lion heart - WS = while standing - 1234 = left punch, right punch, left kick, right kick

[@PhiDX]

I found the f+2,2 drops often but I'll try again with the axis in mind, tyvm

[@JOMADA_]

​@@PhiDX I thought that might've been the case. The combo route you're going for is typically pro favoured in terms of being very reliable, even when off-axis or when you're against the bears. :D

[@AnimeUniverseDE]

I love how you translated all the street fighter lingo and special moves back to the tekken terms for your viewers ^^ was really helpful for me

[@swisher8990]

No matter what you do sensei, i’ll always tune in 👍

[@Erahku3991]

07:35 I feel called out. Whenever I boot up Tekken I just wanna hop in and play, not practice.

[@PhiDX]

I'm the same way high key

[@makenovideos]

Competing and creating content both take a lot of time and energy, and it’s unrealistic for an audience expect creators to do both. Yes some people in the community do both, but one is typically prioritized over the other and that’s fine. You do you Phi. I’ll cheer you on regardless.

[@Achallon]

Rooting for you in sajam slam

[@HakaishinCat]

Really hoping you'll come around and compete again because I think there's not many people like you that bring such high energy to not only the game but the community and event itself. Regardless your content in t8 has helped me enjoy the game in a way I never could before especially with other characters I never tried so either way you are still a goat.

[@electrified2000]

Thanks for this video. Now I know one more way to make myself better at the game

[@BCAJ-FGC]

Yo I like these type of talks bro. Good video, enjoyed my time.

[@nighthawk47]

6:53 I fought a mighty ruler jin for 10 matches, and he taught me how to time my rage arts better

[@Babyzaku]

You the man bro. 🩵 stay well

[@pevan995]

thanks for your insight Phi 👍 I'm TGS and pushing to GoD but I wanted to prioritize offline tournaments this year. It's good to see what areas you think are useful to do well in that type of scene

[@JonTheCow]

Go get 'em, big guy.

[@SomaMitsurugi]

your videos are always fire Phi

[@Gamingawesomeness121]

Well you’re competing for the best Tekken KZbinr and you are winning! Keep up the amazing work man.

[@tarunaira6818]

Only guy i can tolerate yapping

[@xhblue]

I don't even play Tekken religiously and I still watch these videos. Great work!

[@Gonbebe]

Big agree infinite quick match helps so much. I've played a couple players 20+ matches in a row and it's helped me develop better game sense and flow with my character that ranked match just can't emulate.

[@DarkHorse_50]

Crazy thing is everyone has their own experience and can bring something to the table. Like UFC there’s a resurgence of a technic and strategy that’s working now and it cycles through other strategies that have been known. I got a martial arts background so I apply some of the things that I know and adapting it to gaming. And trying things out bc it can work. For right now fighting online is what I do, just experience no drilling and just getting a feel for how moves work in terms of range and speed . Law Main about 90hours playing and am at Tenryu reached Mighty Ruler when I was flowing that day. Just got the game in early December and love it

[@vaibhavsrivastava9417]

With Steve you can sway all options from Jin's 2,1 strings.

[@kcg4552]

Phidx please i need answers is it possible to wave dash on the hori controller pad using reina and if so can you please show me😭😭😭😭

[@Kaffine101]

Banger Vid!!!!!!

[@nicbishop311]

Love the crossover content! Have you trained your SF6 ghost? My Tekken Ghost plays like a child but my street fighter ghost literally smoked me the other day lmao

[@kadatihalo661]

He was so upset, he played as dragunov, so he could do the same thing to others💀

[@leafygreensmusic]

We all want a person we like and root for to compete and be successful competitively but realistically, the effort behind content creation is large as he said. Also let’s be real; the content aspect is way more lucrative than traveling and competing rn

[@thetransporter6447]

This is a pretty long video for “I’m a youtuber now who makes more money doing this than I ever did competing.” No shade, man lived the dream and got the bag and now he’s the best Tekken KZbinr, kudos.

[@makiroll8720]

I've learned the best fighting game content creators are usually retired competitors

[@DaPhenomAce]

Tekken really just needs more visual feedback. If all punishable moves looked punishable on block, it would save a lot time learning the game

[@Sharkaholic1]

Give one feasible way this would work, I don’t disagree with u but idk how that would work as all fighting games have this problem

[@SirSov3r3ign]

​@@Sharkaholic1 characters end up flickering orange when they block chip damage. That visual cue IMO could have been reserved for usafe standing moves, the orange flicker is pretty low-key so not distracting at all. Also tekkens knowledge check is massive 😂 let's not play the "all fighting games have this problem" shtick

[@sondertekken]

Phi has beaten Arslan once. I'd happily retire from pro tekken at that point lol

[@Rain87166]

if he did it once he can do it again. that cannot be said for your average Kishin rank player

[@Raytanix]

As someone who learns through information given better then live practice, labbing and learning from videos is so important. I will constantly be in the lab watching videos and trying new interactions that happen in game

[@xeno120]

We're back, I took a break from fighting games KZbin but I'm back-ish

[@kajetanmiliankovic3183]

W info video

[@Ersb99]

FreeDX big adventure 2025, im pretty sure hes coming back to pro series

[@Howl_3DN]

💪🏽

[@commdaofighting]

👑

[@anabstractworld]

What helps me the most learning match-ups is really to just manually answer moves countless times in practice mode. You will know and recognize that certain lows are reactable and launch-punishable but will not have the muscle memory to do so in a heated match. Doing it over and over in practice mode will develop the instincts to react to them accordingly.

[@Olio138]

I appreciate your videos so much! But I would rly like to cheer for you in Tournaments, even if it means less videos ;)

[@AgoraphobicNews]

I would love to see two pro players playing with unlimited FPS on high refresh rate OLED monitors with very low latency. Just to see how fighting games would look like beyond 60 FPS.

[@shady6061]

❤

[@neverbroke6823]

I didn’t get to watch the whole video but I got a quick question how much time should I sit aside to do drills I do them I just don’t long I should do them for I tend to burn myself out on them

[@AbdullahMikalRodriguez]

First learn some English grammar

[@neverbroke6823]

@@AbdullahMikalRodriguez homie not having it lol

[@bingsoo9559]

I have a genuine question - soon, I will be working aboard a Cruise Ship. Any advice on how to get good at T8 without a online play? Satellite internet as sea is simply not viable lol

[@90sPotato]

Hello Phi, I'm wondering. How do I get my game reviewed by you? Would really love your input

[@goodninjabtw9073]

🎉

[@akarapongboonrat9338]

Guiding is more his way and he is doing super great

[@SaucyCheeseburgerwithRanch]

Wait, Phi, I’d like to see some of your Sf drills & what you do to improve.

[@justl30b]

Thanks for all your efforts. But those are just excuses, there is always a way, it's just not that important to you, so you won't do what is necessary. I don't mean it in a bad way, it's just that it's better not to lie to yourself, I admire you a lot and I learned a lot from watching you. greetings and good luck

[@Sabylite]

Oh hun. Making a 28 minute video explain your answer. Literally the most "Phi" thing ever.

[@lobergaming659]

Congrats with the transition PhoeBeX🏳️‍⚧️

[@EldenLordLandon]

I'm stuck in blue ranks but everyday i try n hit pass the wall for improvement.

[@Cubcop4269]

👍

[@ShiningSparkL1n6]

I love to wish if Daigo Umehara can enter The Tekken Realm, and it would be nice🤩

[@GabrielLorenzoGarcia]

Street fighter sounds mentally exhausting lol

[@madmanis12345]

I was informed real Tekken doesn't begin until you are at least in winners side top 8 of a Grandmaster or higher tier event. So I guess the answer would be a no, he can't compete, nor can 99.999% of the Tekken playerbase

[@imeaniguess.6963]

We seen you compete already? Do you mean when you’re going to be at a competitive level again?

[@thoraero]

I think you may want to add 2 1 only, and 2 1 4 no delay to the drill. The string is so broken i have long given up the ssr. I only practice wr 3 4 on mid block.

[@lot8113]

I'm not a great sf player, but I do think your approach is slightly flawed with sf6 here, which is a shame because your understanding really shines through when it comes to tekken and I'd love to see you do well. I'm sure you'll have got plenty of backseaters by now already, but what I want to offer two pieces of very practical advice. 1) Gief's biggest weakness is defense. Trying to play slow is fine if you're comfortable with your reactions in neutral, but strong offensive play can melt Gief. You're so worried about reacting to what he does that you don't establish nearly enough threats for him to respect. The divekicks were all great. If you added some more walk up buttons, drive rush, normal jump etc he'd have more to think about and less space to threaten his strong options. 2) think about spacing as the thing that unlocks different options for you and your opponent (as well as other variables). Gief does in fact have many threatening approach options, but if you're mindful of your spacing, you can much more effectively manage them, especially if you start pressuring him with some of your stuff. When he has level three, it's a very practical option to just preentively poke and get out, and if he drive rushes in you backdash. That's just an example, but spacing is a really important variable to help manage the mental stack. You're probably aware of these concepts, I just want to emphasise how applying them better in this case (and in the other matches of yours that I saw) would have made it easier. Sometimes we get stuck trying to check everything and react, without realising that we aren't exploring other lanes that could win us the match.

[@aiheki]

🐬

[@ThePanfle]

I was curious to ask this question myself in your chat at some point, but I figured you had heard it enough already lolol Do you think that there's a point where the practical experience and mechanical learning caps out? At least for these players that play the game every day for at least a few hours a day, do you think they can only become so much better mechanically? The improvement on those probably starts teetering off and becoming less efficient at a certain level, at which point, doing more informational learning is more efficient. At least, in my mind and at my non-pro level of understanding? Curious on your thoughts about that! It seems like you doing all this content would at least mostly benefit your informational learning to the point that catching up on the practical and mechanical learning shouldn't be *that* much of a gap, but again, that's just my pondering. 🤔

[@PhiDX]

Im pretty sure I allude to this answer in the video, but Consider a pro who practices 6 hours a day, 7 days a week against other top level pros I practice against high level NA players online, 100 ms, maybe 2 hours a week. So in terms of practical experience, I am down 40 hours a week, not including the fact that we are playing online in NA and the skill environment is not as high as Pakistan or Korea. So its 40 hours less and it's less quality I've been short those 40 hours a week for 12 months. It is an enormous gap

[@ThePanfle]

@PhiDX so the quality of the practice in addition to the time creates the gap, gotcha! Thanks for answering 🙏

[@Imdarkmaster999]

If noctis comes back he will

[@benk6192]

Tekken dev team should increase the amount of moves in practice mode

[@yungmaui4876]

Idc he already took a tournament set off arslan back in T7

[@airedJET8]

I'm a 9-5 gamer who spends maybe a quarter of my gaming time on Tekken, I never lab and only play ranked. I still find your videos incredibly engaging and informational, even if I'm not consciously using that information. You're great at what you do and I'm sure that if you returned to competing, you'd be great at that too. Either way, I'll be rooting for you and watching it all!

[@joshuagoar7234]

Wellls fargooo

[@manjiookami7962]

One day PhiDX will pick Reina and begin to compete for real😎

[@neol07707]

And in this game you're still somewhat mainless like your tag right?

[@showtimefu1234]

They need to overhaul ranked add infinite deathmatches to rank and reset the ranks i dont mind lossing as long as i can rematch and download my opponent

[@cynicaljohn3198]

You need to get washed up to be clean again. 😂

[@nirvanaphoenix1858]

If you want to win, you just need to learn some moves from Saitama in One Punch Man.

[@bastinelli443]

I learned the most from Tekken 7 by just doing death matches. I'm so glad they're back and I can just learn characters by playing them until they quit.

[@Rain87166]

half that jin stuff your labbing willl get nerfed in season 2 so u wont have to worry their

[@blknarutoblkluffy3385]

Naw hes done 😆 🤣 😂

[@h2_]

In Koe's defense, Cammy is one of AKI's worst matchups, heavily favorable for you so it makes sense he would pick his secondary. Gief probably beats Cammy slightly, so going from a disadvantaged matchup to a slightly advantageous one is not him saying "fuck this guy, he doesn't deserve to see my main" or anything like that

[@HarumiYu]

People witth limited schedule and in my case is limited skill, my brain knows what to do, my hands just give up, my experience in mechanical learning, putting a lot of effort and time into it, is horrible, I take twice or even more the time to even try to remember the basics in fighting games since ever. LUL

[@sewerPig]

what buttons are on your stick?

[@robertduerler2226]

Great, now I wanna run drills 😡

[@EinarvonVielen-k2e]

[@levifreire9208]

[@Hermelin69]

[@BanAaron]

Roasted

[@Mike-rt2vp]

He can sure click bait

[@Flw.]

No , next

[@ZiyaB3ast]

From a financial standpoint, competing in tournaments is just there to make you famous so you can transition to a KZbin channel, which you've already succeeded at. Now it's just a pride thing if you want people to view you as the best. It makes perfect sense to me why you, lil majin, and mainmanswe don't compete, cuz if you're not trying to prove yourself and you don't find the tournament experience enjoyable, what's the point?

[@PhiDX]

I think the hardest part is those are all super enjoyable for me Not just pride, but the competitive experience is very fun

[@ZiyaB3ast]

@PhiDX true makes sense. Then hell yea I'll look forward to seeing ya. I forget if you address it in this video, but if you're going to combobreaker this year, I'll see ya there

[@aqueelkadri8371]

Drills are cool I'm carried by drills

[@harveysutton9842]

🙂

[@sethandrews401]

I thought you were taking a break man I hope you stick to it

[@hoassyoass2480]

Day 1 of asking of Phi plays Lidia

[@JetrinLee]

Phil doesn't have what it takes since he can't get carried by Noctis in this game. Phil should consider actually learning the fundamentals first 🙄👎It's alright Phil, you'll make it someday and will totally fight a pro like LTG or something